The modus vivendi of this blog is plainly self explanatory. Pathetically,'progressives' regularly promote implausable, impractical or plainly asinine ideas. Who but socialists could for decades abuse the term 'economic rationalism' - without humiliation? THIS GOES TO THE VERY HEART OF ECONOMIC POLICY AND RATIONAL GOVERNMENT: TO WIT TO NOT CRITICIZE THE CONSERVATIVES AS BEING 'RATIONAL'!
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Geoff Seidner

Plainly your outrageous editorial 21/2 Israel trials a new
approach is thus reduced to yet another pathetic attempt at defending Israel’s
number one antagonist, your John Lyons.

Geoff Seidner

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IN SPITE OF THE AMBASSADOR’S WORDS...
BELOW!!!.....

We, like the overwhelming majority of
Israelis and fair-minded people everywhere, feel great pain and a sense of
sorrow when we see children tragically involved in acts of politically motivated
violence. While the issue of incarceration and treatment of minors is being
dealt with, we are not seeing a similar level of thought or effort put into
investigations concerning the origin of such behaviours. Children are not
inherently violent or hateful. This is a learned
behaviour.

To comprehensively investigate the
health and wellbeing of the children involved in such violent acts, we must
acknowledge that these children were, at some point, indoctrinated into this
vicious mentality by terrorists and their affiliates.

We must recognise the role of adults in
teaching their children to throw rocks as the core reason for these acts.
Including, of course, strategic targets and timing in training. Misused by
adults and terror organisations in a way contravening international law,
utilising children for incitement purposes is criminal. This is the reality and
it must stop.

When a minor is coerced into
participating in deadly violence, it primarily indicates a lack of discipline,
education and a breakdown of the primary support system, his or her family.
Unfortunately, the Palestinian society and Authority have embraced and
institutionalised a system of hate and violence directed at
Israelis.

This system encourages individual acts
of violence, whether rock throwing, fire-bomb hurling, drive-by shooting or, in
extreme cases, the utilisation of explosives and suicide attacks. This
environment is met by, and insulated by, an educational system that does its
utmost to erase Israel from the history books.

......LOOK AT THE GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT
BELOW:
SEE IN SPITE OF ABOVE!!!WHY HE IS SO – OVER – GENEROUS TO UNICEF
TOO!!!########

As stated in the UNICEF paper: “These
efforts will build on the work of Palestinian, Israeli and International civil
society groups who have been working with the Palestinian population for a
number of years to raise awareness with children, families and communities to
ensure they are informed of their specific rights when they are detained by the
Israeli military.”

Israel stands at a crossroads, a place
where no other country has stood before. We represent a patch in the complex
tapestry of Middle-Eastern geography.

To simplify and sensationalise our
situation, and that of the Middle East, is unhelpful and undermines peace
efforts in both a regional and global context.

It is such a shame that we cannot see a more
three-dimensional view of the Middle East, instead of the same story
regurgitated over many days. Shmuel Ben-Shmuel is Israel’s ambassador to
Australia.